What the Hisense LWCT12W25A costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Hisense LWCT12W25A at 600 kWh/yr, about average for its category to run for its category.
The $113 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Hisense LWCT12W25A against the category
That's 0.5% below the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 277 of 447 certified room air conditioners for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every room air conditioner ENERGY STAR currently certifies (447 models), not an outside benchmark, about $1/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Hisense WAWL1225TW1W ($113/yr, 600 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Hisense LWCT12W25A. Hisense AWL1225TW1W ($113/yr, 600 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Hisense's own models
Hisense makes 16 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners; this one ranks 12 of 16 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the WCT06W25A at $62/yr, and its priciest, the AW2223TW3W at $207/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
Over the 10-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Hisense LWCT12W25A costs roughly $1,128 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
The Hisense LWCT12W25A is already efficient for its category at $113/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new room air conditioner costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Hisense LWCT12W25A ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a room air conditioner, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. The full Room Air Conditioner category page shows all 447 room air conditioners ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance.